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Some Rikers Guards Are Getting TASERs (Gothamist)
Gothamist, September 1, 2016
Some Rikers Guards Are Getting TASERs
“Rikers guards already use stun shields, which are basically electrified riot shields, to subdue prisoners in solitary confinement. The shields were brought in by former Correction commissioner Bernard Kerik in 1998, under much the same justification. Kerik declared in ’99 that they had ‘really prevented a lot of injuries.’ A New York City Bar Association Committee on Corrections report from the early 2000s showed abuse of the technology by Rikers guards, occasional failure to follow protocol, and an abiding aversion to deescalation.”
